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词条 Gambling Lady
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Infobox film
| name = Gambling Lady
| image = Gambling Lady poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Archie Mayo
| producer = Henry Blanke
| screenplay = {{Plainlist|
  • Doris Malloy
  • Ralph Block

}}
| story = Doris Malloy
| starring = {{Plainlist|
  • Barbara Stanwyck
  • Joel McCrea
  • Pat O'Brien

}}
| music = Bernhard Kaun
| cinematography = George Barnes
| editing = Harold McLernon
| studio =
| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
| released = {{Film date|1934|03|31|USA}}
| runtime = 66 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}Gambling Lady is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Archie Mayo, and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea.[1]

Plot

Mike Lee raises his daughter Lady Lee to be as honest a gambler as he is. When he gets too much in debt to the underworld syndicate headed by Jim Fallin, he commits suicide rather than be pressured into running a crooked game. Lady initially goes to work for Fallin, then quits and sets out on her own when he tries to "help" her by providing a crooked dealer.

Longtime admirer and bookie Charlie Lang proposes to her, but it is persistent young Garry Madison, who wins her heart despite unknowingly bringing two policemen in disguise to the illegal gambling den where she is playing. She resists marrying him, fearing the reaction of his high society father, but is pleased to learn that she already knows and likes Peter Madison, a fellow gambler. However, Peter does disapprove of the union, offering to buy her off. When she rejects his money, but meekly gives up Garry, he realizes he has mistaken her motives. Being a sporting man, he offers to cut cards for his son. He draws a jack, but Lady picks a queen, and the young couple get married.

They are happy at first, but then both feel the pangs of jealousy. When Garry's old girlfriend, Sheila Aiken, returns from Europe, he makes the mistake of greeting her too warmly. Lady challenges her to a game of cards, and wins her jewelry. When Charlie Lang is arrested, Garry refuses his wife's request for $10,000 to bail him out, so she pawns Sheila's jewels to raise the money. Charlie offers to reimburse her, telling her that he intends to pressure the syndicate into paying for his silence about what he knows. Garry becomes incensed when Lady's involvement with Charlie is reported in the newspapers. He goes out to recover the pawn ticket, now in Charlie's hands. Garry does not return that night.

The next day, two policemen inform Lady that Garry has been arrested for Charlie's murder, having been seen arguing with him and later being found in possession of the pawn ticket. Lady figures out that Garry spent the night with Sheila, but is unwilling to use that as an alibi. Lady sees Sheila, who is willing to testify, but only if Lady divorces her husband and insists on $250,000 alimony. Lady agrees to her terms.

Garry is released and the divorce is granted. Both Garry and Peter believe at first that Lady was in it for the money all along, but when Peter sees her tear up the check, he realizes they were wrong. Garry tricks Sheila into admitting the truth, then reconciles with Lady.

Cast

{{div col}}
  • Barbara Stanwyck as Jennifer "Lady" Lee
  • Joel McCrea as Garrison "Garry" Madison
  • Pat O'Brien as Charlie Lang
  • Claire Dodd as Sheila Aiken
  • C. Aubrey Smith as Peter Madison
  • Robert Barrat as Mike Lee
  • Arthur Vinton as Jim Fallin
  • Phillip Reed as Steve
  • Philip Faversham as Don Carroway
  • Robert Elliott as Graves
  • Ferdinand Gottschalk as Cornelius
  • Willard Robertson as District Attorney
{{div col end}}

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Gambling Lady|work=Turner Classic Movies|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/164/Gambling-Lady|accessdate=December 2, 2013}}

External links

{{Commons category|Gambling Lady (film)|Gambling Lady}}
  • {{IMDb title|0025161}}
  • {{tcmdb title|164}}
{{Archie Mayo}}

10 : 1934 films|1930s romantic drama films|American films|American black-and-white films|American romantic drama films|English-language films|Films directed by Archie Mayo|Films made before the MPAA Production Code|Gambling films|Warner Bros. films

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